An Uber driver testified Friday that he was "scared" as he drove away after a deadly shooting in Carrick, with the alleged gunman in his passenger seat.

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Updated: 6:32 PM EST Feb 17, 2017

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WEBVTT VEHICLE AFTER THE FATALSHOOTING.MICAEL NASH IS THE UBER DRIVERWHO RECEIVED DURING THEPRELIMINARY HEARING.HOMICIDE SUSPECT 37-YEAR-OLDDEREK BOSOS WAS THE UBERPASSENGER OUTSIDE A CLUB ONFEBRUARY 4th.THEY SAY HE FIRED FROM THE UBERVEHICLE, KILLING 28-YEAR-OLDDONALD KETTER JR. AFTER A BRIEFALTERCATION.>> THE EVIDENCE WASN'T CLOSE.IT WAS OVERWHELMING THAT THIS ISA SELF-DEFENSE CASE.REPORTER: NASH, THE UBER DRIVER,DID NOT SAY IT WAS SELF-DEFENSEDURING TESTIMONY.HE SAID AFTER BOSSOS FIRED THEGUN FROM INSIDE HIS UBERBOULEVARD HE INSTRUCTED HIM TOGO, GO, GO, GO, GO, LATER NASHSAID HE FIRED A GUN FROM MY CAR,I WAS SCARED, YOU DON'T DO THATTO PEOPLE.BOSSOS' ATTORNEY IS PUSHING THESELF-DEFENSE THEORY, BECAUSEKETTER ALLEGEDLY APPROACHED THEUBER CAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDEWHERE VASSOS WAS SEATED AS IF HEWAS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING.>> THE ATTACKER CAME TOWARDS HIMAS THE UBER DRIVER HAD SAID WITHA BELT IN HIS HANDS, AND --REPORTER: DID HE SHOW A WEAPON,THOUGH?DID HE SHOW A DEADLY WEAPON?>> YOU CAN GO TO ANY JAIL IN THECOUNTRY, WEAPONS COME IN ALLFORMS.REPORTER: THE UBER DRIVER SAYSHE DROPPED OFF VASSOS A SHORTTIME AFTER THE SHOOTING AND THENCALLED POLICE.HE MADE IT KNOWN TO THEM HE DIDNOT WANT TO BE CONSIDERED ANACCOMPLICE TO THE SHOOTINGCARRIED OUT BY HIS PASSENGER.>> WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR MOTORVEHICLE OR YOU'RE HOME AND YOUFEEL THE THREAT OF SERIOUSBODILY INJURY YOU CAN DEFENDYOURSELF AND HE DID THAT NIGHT.REPORTER: BUT VASSOS MUST STILLGO TO TRIAL CHARGED WITHCRIMINAL HOMICIDE ANDINTIMIDATION OF A WITNESS.

Uber driver Michael Nash testified Friday that he was "scared" as he drove away after a fatal shooting in Carrick, with the alleged gunman in his passenger seat.
Pittsburgh police say Derek Vasos, 37, fired at Donald Ketter Jr., 28, striking him fatally in the chest outside the Carrick Lit Club while Vasos was in Nash's car as an Uber passenger.
At a preliminary hearing Friday, Nash testified that he drove off upon Vasos' instructions: "He said, 'Go, go, go, go, go.'"
Defense attorney Phil DiLucente said Vasos acted in self-defense as Ketter approached the passenger side of the vehicle after a brief verbal altercation with Vasos.
"The attacker had come towards him, as the Uber driver had said, with a belt in his hands," DiLucente said outside the coutroom.
When asked if he showed a deadly weapon, DiLucente responded, "You can go to any jail in the country -- weapons come in all forms."
The attorney then added, "When you're in your motor vehicle or your home, and you feel the threat of deadly injury, you can defend yourself, and he did that night."
In his testimony, Nash did not say that the shooting was an act of self-defense.
"He fired a gun from my car. I was scared. You don't do that to people," Nash said.
After hearing testimony, a judge ordered Vasos to stand trial on charges of homicide and intimidation of a witness. He remains in the Allegheny County jail without bail.
"The evidence is overwhelming that this is a self-defense case," DiLucente said.

PITTSBURGH —

Uber driver Michael Nash testified Friday that he was "scared" as he drove away after a fatal shooting in Carrick, with the alleged gunman in his passenger seat.

Pittsburgh police say Derek Vasos, 37, fired at Donald Ketter Jr., 28, striking him fatally in the chest outside the Carrick Lit Club while Vasos was in Nash's car as an Uber passenger.